Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program:
Faculty Members

To pursue a masters (MS) or doctorate (PhD) in Human Computer Interaction, a student's major professor must be one of ISU's 71 Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Graduate Program faculty members.

HCI Faculty members serve limited terms on the HCI Supervisory Committee, which meets to determine the development and handle administrative decisions related to the program.

Eric Abbott Department: * Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Reporting, editing, theory, communication technologies, communication and international development.

Dean Adams Departments: * Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology * Statistics , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:I am a quantitative biologist interested in ecological and evolutionary morphology. Much of my theoretical work concerns developing methods for quantifying anatomical objects (morphometrics). This interest intersects with HCI in terms of quantifying and modeling human motions.

Viren Amin Department: * Electrical and Computer Engineering

Interests and/or Research Focus:Biomedical and animal imaging, ultrasonic imaging and therapy, nondestructive testing, signal/image processing, pattern recognition, visualization, and computer-based system and software development for biomedical and agricultural imaging applications.

Craig Anderson Department: * Psychology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Social and personality psychology, with a strong dose of cognitive psychology.

Roger Baer Department: * Art and Design , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Visual communication; human-computer interface design; product/ industrial design; multimedia and Web-based design

Diane Bassham Department: * Genetics, Development and Cell Biology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Plant cell structure and function. Vacuolar autophagy in Arabidopsis. Protein trafficking through the endomembrane system. Plant stress responses.

James Bernard Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Vehicle dynamics, and driving simulation.

Stuart Birrell Department: * Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Development of sensors for precision agriculture, soil nutrient sensors, corn population sensors, and development of sensors for machine control and intelligent agricultural systems.

James Bloedel Department: * Biomedical Sciences , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Neural mechanisms of motor control and motor learning with a particular interest in cerebellar and Parkinson?s patients.

Kris Bryden Department: * Music , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Closure in late twentieth-century music; developing atonal music composition tools that can be used to create music on-the-fly; interdisciplinary collaboration to develop tools that allow the user to hear scientific data as music without human intervention.

Mark Bryden Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Thermal systems virtual engineering, numerical modeling of biomass combustion, and the development and improvement of biomass cookstoves for the poor.

Cinzia Cervato Department: * Geological and Atmospheric Sciences , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Biostratigraphic databases, Earth systems science education, geoarchaeology, stable isotope geochemistry.

Chiu-Shui Chan Department: * Architecture , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Virtual reality in design; cognitive modeling of design thinking processes; artificial intelligence in architectural design; simulation of style and creativity

Abhijit Chandra Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Nano-scale machining, machining of hard & brittle materials, net shape sinter-forming, sheet & bulk forming, multi-layer electronic assemblies, chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP), multi-scale problems, design sensitivities, and inverse problems.

Carl Chang Department: * Computer Science , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Software architecture based requirements engineering (SABRE), project management with genetic algorithms (PROMGA), rule-mitigated collaboration technology to support formal electronic meetings, and distributed requirements engineering using mobile agents.

Dianne Cook Department: * Statistics , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Multivariate Viz, MV Sp-Tim Viz, Virtual Reality, new MV Viz with java, Xgobi, and Massive Data Viz.

Eric E. Cooper Department: * Psychology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Visual cognition, cognitive neuroscience, object and face recognition, implicit memory, and memory for visual stimuli.

Ana-Paula Correia Department: * Curriculum and Instruction , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Collaborative learning, design of instruction, and evaluation and assessment of educational products and interventions.

Jared Danielson Department: * Veterinary Pathology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:The theory-based application of emerging technologies in educational practice; Diagnostic Problem Solving; The role of assessment in continuous curricular improvement; Learning and the narrative.

Veronica J. Dark Department: * Psychology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:The role of semantic information in selective attention, the role of awareness in attention and memory, the relationship between attention and implicit memory, and individual differences in information processing

Niki Davis Department: * Curriculum and Instruction , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:interested in communication technologies for teacher education and training, the use of communication technologies for disseminating research, and professional and organizational issues in distance learning with technology. This includes several dimensions: Research to promote systemic change for educational organizations and those who teach in ways that enhance intercultural understanding; Research into the preparation of teachers for flexible and distance learning supported by communication technologies, including pre-service teachers.

Julie Dickerson Department: * Electrical and Computer Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Fuzzy systems, neural networks, and intelligent systems.

Daniela Dimitrova Department: * Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Internet Diffusion, and Political Communication. Online news coverage of conflict events, such as wars and terrorist attacks and Internet use by expatriate populations.

William Gallus Department: * Geological and Atmospheric Sciences , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Fine-scale numerical weather prediction, use of virtual reality for geoscience education.

Doug Gentile Department: * Psychology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:I study what can be defined broadly as media effects. I am interested in both the positive and negative effects of media on children and adults, including media violence, video games, advertising, educational media, news/propaganda, virtual reality, and music. My research is necessarily interdisciplinary, drawing on the methodologies and strengths of developmental psychology, social psychology, medicine, communications, and journalism.

Stephen Gilbert Department: * Psychology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:E-learning design and development, software usability, user-centered design, instructional technologies, distance education.

William J. Gutowski Department: * Geological and Atmospheric Sciences , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Numeric modeling, water cycle, climate dynamics

Chris Harding Department: * Geological and Atmospheric Sciences , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Subsurface-modeling of geophysical and geological data from exploration and production (E&P) and mining domain, mathematical geology, geostatistics, hydrogeology, haptics (touch), Sonification (sound), Real-time volume rendering, application of multi-sensory VR systems to geoscientific problems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Connie Hargrave Department: * Curriculum and Instruction , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Curriculum and instructional technology, distance education, and using technology to help students learn science.

Chad Harms Department: * Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

Interests and/or Research Focus:Computer Mediated Communication

Steven Herrnstadt Department: * Art and Design , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:The interaction of art and science, scientific and creative visualization, environmental issues and writing, synthetic environments and virtual reality, large-format environmental photography, digital imaging, animation, and computer graphics.

Vasant Honavar Department: * Computer Science , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Artificial intelligence, bioinformatics and computational biology, cognitive science, machine learning, neural networks, intelligent agents, and multi-agent systems, adaptive systems, data mining and knowledge discovery, computational and cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary computation and artificial life, machine perception, intelligent manufacturing systems, intelligent systems, knowledge-based systems, robotics, pattern recognition, medical informatics, intelligent multi-media information systems and artificial intelligence applications in science and engineering, and parallel and distributed computing.

Christopher Hopkins Department: * Music , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Electroacoustic music composition, sound synthesis design, computer graphics applications for music analysis and notation, haptic virtual environments as musical instruments, interdisciplinary collaboration to provide sonic feedback in virtual engineering.

Jamie Horwitz Department: * Architecture , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Environmental psychology; social impacts; building evaluation; social history of design; social memory and technological change

Carl Jacobson Department: * Geological and Atmospheric Sciences , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Structural and Metamorphic geology. Tectonic evolution of western North America, computer mapping and GIS.

Sunghyun Kang Department: * Art and Design , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Typography, Publication Design, Web Design, Web Advertising, Website Identity and Branding, Time-based Multimedia, Graphic Design and Human Computer Interface, Curriculum Development of Time-based Multimedia Design

Atul Kelkar Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Multibody dynamics and control, nonlinear and robust control, and control of aerospace systems, robotics, and neural networks.

Nir Keren Department: * Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

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Richard LeSar Department: * Materials Science and Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Materials theory, modeling, and simulation; Dislocation-based plasticity; Biomolecular structure and dynamics; Microstructural evolution.

Greg Luecke Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Robotics and control, multibody dynamics and simulation, and artificial neural networks for control.

Barbara Mack Department: * Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Newspaper/Media Law/Ethics

Stephanie Madon Department: * Psychology , home page

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Peter Martin Departments: * Gerontology * Human Development and Family Studies , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Adaptation of the oldest-old, personality, life events and coping, mental health and aging

Brian Mennecke Department: * Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Virtual worlds (e.g., Second Life), mobile commerce, location based services, geographic information systems, decision support systems, collaborative technologies, small group dynamics and communication, technology-supported learning and training, and visualization and virtual reality.

Les Miller Department: * Computer Science , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Organizational memory, Database design, Data Warehouses, Data Mining, Computational Biology, Human Computer Interaction, Database Integration, Software Integration.

Alison L. Morris Department: * Psychology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Interactions among attention, perception and memory, in particular, and the role of attention in conscious awareness.

Mikesch Muecke Department: * Architecture , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Research Interests: Ecologically responsible design and architecture; product design; electronic architectures and fabrication; architectural history, theory, and culture of all times; universal/accessible design-build work in the age of aging baby boomers. Current Projects: Theorizing energy and architecture; exploring the relations between music and architecture; history and theory of design-build and pre-fab construction.

Dale Niederhauser Department: * Curriculum and Instruction

Interests and/or Research Focus:Cognitive Flexibility Theory, Cognitive Load Theory, design issues in hypertext, learning from hypertext, Distance Learning, technology integration, teacher development

Sree Nilakanta Department: * Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus: Organizational and technology issues of implementing MIS and decision support systems (ODSS), organizational memory (knowledge management), applications in business, data warehouse design, modeling and implementation, integration of ODSS with DBMS, CASE tools, algorithmic and knowledge-based analysis of formal specifications, diffusion of innovation, communication channels, and strategy and innovation.

Lisa Nolan Department: * Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Our research focuses on bacterial diseases of production animals, including their effects on animal health, public health and food safety. The long-term goal of one of our projects is to establish the molecular basis of virulence and antimicrobial resistance of avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), the causative agent of colibacillosis, an economically devastating problem for the poultry industry. Establishing the molecular basis of APEC virulence and resistance should lead to more rational approaches for future colibacillosis control strategies.

Sarah Nusser Department: * Statistics , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:geospatial data and information technologies in mobile computing environments for field survey data collection; spatial cognition theory in relation to user variation, measurement error of collected data, and strategies for protocol implementation in the field; choice of device form factors, modalities, and computing infrastructure designs in relation to alternative field settings.

James Oliver Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:A wide array of human computer interaction technologies, encompassing computer graphics, geometric modeling, virtual reality, and collaborative networks for applications in product development and complex system operation.

Nick Pendar Department: * English , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Computational linguistics and statistical natural language processing; Intelligent computer-assisted language learning systems; Automatic error detection and analysis; Constraint-based theories of language and gradient effects.

Diane Rover Department: * Electrical and Computer Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Parallel and distributed computing, performance environments and tools, embedded systems, and engineering education.

Debra Satterfield Department: * Art and Design , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Visual communication; graphic design for early childhood learning experiences; multicultural communication design; information design; multimedia; human-computer interface design.

Kevin Scheibe Department: * Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Design and Implementation of Decision Support Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Heuristics, Geographic Information Systems

Mack Shelley Departments: * Statistics * Political Science , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Digital citizenship and the digital divide, e-government (including federal agency commenting and rulemaking), e-politics, expanding information technology literacy, online information and referral for service delivery (e.g., the Iowa Aging and Disability Resource Center's Lifelong Links site)

Shana S-F Smith Department: * Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Interests and/or Research Focus:CAD/CAM, product design, assembly/disassembly sequence planning, virtual reality, design automation

Brian Steward Department: * Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Machine vision and image processing for precision agriculture, mechatronics and controls for agricultural and off-road equipment, and sensing for agricultural/biological systems.

Alexander Stoytchev Department: * Electrical and Computer Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Autonomous Robotics, Developmental Robotics, Robot Architectures, Machine Learning, Computational Perception, Computer Vision.

Shankar Subramaniam Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

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Sriram Sundararajan Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Micro/nanoscale tribology ? issues in MEMS and thin films, and micro/nanoscale mechanical behavior of materials and structures.

Leigh Tesfatsion Department: * Economics , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Agent-based computational economics (ACE), formation of economic and social networks, macro and financial economics, electricity restructuring, applied mathematics, and econometrics.

Ann Thompson Department: * Curriculum and Instruction , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Curriculum and instructional technology, technology collaboratives between teacher education and K-12 schools, and assessing effects of technology experiences on student learning.

U. S. Tim Department: * Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Water quality modeling, spatial decision support systems, environmental modeling, geographic information systems, virtual reality technology, environmental forensics, precision agriculture, and bioinformatics.

Tony Townsend Department: * Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Virtual teamwork, information technology and organizational effectiveness, electronic commerce, labor relations and workplace administration, and human resource information systems (HRIS).

Judy M. Vance Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Use of virtual reality in product design including assembly methods prototyping, factory simulations, use of three-dimensional anthropometric data for ergonomic design, engineering analysis (finite element analysis) and integrated product shape design. Study of the use of haptics decision making in the virtual environment.

Namrata Vaswani Department: * Electrical and Computer Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Image and Video Processing, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis, Neural and Acoustic Signal Processing, Shape Analysis, Dynamical models and Filtering, Particle Filtering Theory and Applications, Change Detection and Estimation
Other Interests: Information Theory, Video Compression

Eliot Winer Department: * Mechanical Engineering , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Internet Technology for Large-Scale Collaborative Design, Medical Imaging, Analysis, and Visualization, Multidisciplinary Design Synthesis, Computer Aided Design and Graphics, Applications in Optimal Design, Scientific Visualization and Virtual Reality Modeling for Large-Scale Design.

Johnny Wong Department: * Computer Science , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks (BISDN), Distributed Systems, Operating Systems, Performance Evaluation, Communication Protocols, Intrusion Detection Systems, Congestion Control, Wireless Networks, Network and Database Security, Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems.

Eve Wurtele Department: * Genetics, Development and Cell Biology , home page

Interests and/or Research Focus:Metabolic and regulatory networking in Arabidopsis. Interaction and regulation of acetyl-CoA- and carbohydrate-based metabolism. Analysis of genome-wide expression data.